I REVIVED the KARLING DYNASTY

Charlemagne is often called the father of Europe, but by 1066, the Karling dynasty is all but gone. We start with one nof the hardest CK3 Challenges as we attempt tio revive or ressurect the Legacy of Charlemagne. There's a special decision fo rit, but today we'll be focusing on taking out the HRE as France, going from Count to Duke to King to Emperor!
I REVIVED the CARLING DYNASTY
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[@francesmorris3531]

I dunno about anyone else, but I like when Laith gives us a history lesson during gameplay. Literally one of my fave things about his videos

[@TheTrueCaesar]

Agreed

[@TheTrueCaesar]

Also 69 Likes Nice

[@austinklinock364]

More history more better

[@Valkorion9872]

The rulers of Frankia/Neustria, Austrasia and Soissons were the Merovingians. They rules the region of upper France after the western Roman Empire fell. At around the year 625, Charlemagne’s ancestors attained the title of ‘Mayor of the Palace’. They were basically prime ministers. But soon, they became the true rulers of the realm, having the Merovingians as puppet kings. Charles Martel, Charlemagne’s Grandfather was the first of the Carolingians to become king after deposing the Merovingians. Charlemagne was the first ruler to receive the title of Emperor. The pope crowned him because of his nations size, and the fact that a woman (Irene of Athens) was ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Edit: In the original comment, I stated that Charlemagne’s ancestors gained the title ‘Mayor of the Palace’ around 700. That is wrong, it is actually around 625 C.E.

[@fpsgod3028]

I think there were plans for Irene and Charlemagne to marry leading to a unification of the two empires but I think negotiations broke down?

[@byzantineempire4636]

@@fpsgod3028 Byzantine nobility weren't about to let her marry a "barbarian".

[@christophersalinas2722]

@@fpsgod3028 nothing more than a personal union.

[@bopsgaming3810]

@@byzantineempire4636 No wonder why they fell.

[@thedemonhater7748]

Ayy, nice synopsis, but I feel like I should mention: Charles Martel was never king. That honor would go to his son, Pepin the Short, who as mayor of the palace struck up an agreement with the pope to send the last Merovingian king to a monastery and crown him as king instead.

[@jonjacobjinglehimer-shmit8608]

I can’t believe Laith actually lived up to his clickbait! Please continue this!!!

[@Baneb1984]

Leith, please do give us historical context. I completely enjoy it because I don’t know the specifics of especially the middle ages. It makes watching your game more enjoyable to watch and i learn something

[@NickTheNickname]

Loving the CK3 content Laith! If you're looking for an even tougher challenge, starting as Erik the Heathen and reforming the Asaatru faith is a fun one! A pagan Scandanavian Empire dominating Medieval Europe is just such a classic Crusader Kings vibe

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

I did this challenge like a year ago. Posted it to Reddit where it got downvoted to obscurity because "boo Karlings" and "1000th Roman Empire post on the subreddit." Like, it's actually an interesting challenge. Glad you highlighted it here.

[@haisek.sasaki9617]

The Byzantines have been collapsing a lot recently in my games, and I'm seeing that other youtubers are also having this happen in their recent videos. Maybe the new patch changed something and the Byzantines just got pummeled or something went wrong?

[@iusedtobearaccoononceupona3514]

dissolution faction destroys the empire title. I think they need to change it and give it certain conditions to be available instead of always being a thing that can happen, cause it's a little silly to see a stable byzantium just explode because enough people didn't like the emperor or something.

[@barretoxiaroleplay2099]

I mean tbh starting from 867 not once have I seen a Byzplosion and I’ve been playing a bunch recently, but then again I could be in the statistical minority

[@azarshadakumuktir4551]

@@iusedtobearaccoononceupona3514 I think it was a really good faction to add, but it should only fire for decentralized realms (in catholic Europe, India or tribal regions), the Byzantines and muslims shouldn't have that since state structures need the state to stay unified, the regular independence faction is enough for them. Dissolution is mostly usefull for tribal empires that quickly blob out of proportions while clearly not being stable or for some western european kingdoms that tend to have a bunch of land because of inheritance (it also somehwat mirrors what happened to the HRE, most notably in Italy where local states become de facto independent after defeating the Hohenstaufen...). When the game progresses and some regions become more centralized (like France after Philippe II or ENgland after William the conqueror) this faction should stop firing after the state has done some administrative reforms...

[@Alex_Fahey]

@iusedtobearaccoononce uponatime Titles also get destroyed if the title owner has all his personal counties taken in a war but not the higher titles. You usually see this with dukes that have a single county. The duke's last personal county is taken in a county conquest (or revoked in a civil war), then all his vassals are set free by the duchy being destroyed. I think this could have happened to the ERE if the succession was chaotic enough. Theoretically, the emperor took the main title (via vote, claimant faction, or otherwise) but had only one county on the border. If, for example, the Abbasid Caliphate was already at war for that county when he ascended to the throne or the AI bugged amd he refused to take Constantinople for some reason, then the empire died as soon as that province was taken.

[@sage8573]

@@barretoxiaroleplay2099 i haven't really been seeing it either

[@kindadumb916]

Mom can we have the Karling dynasty? We have the Karling dynasty at home dear. The Karling dynasty at home : CaRLiNg

[@jpanda79]

Harold Godwinson and the whole 3 way successon of 1066 is like the biggest what if in history. I just love it

[@azarshadakumuktir4551]

There are other moments like that. If Rostam Farrokhzad had decided to take a nap one meter further to the left during a sandstorm the muslims might never have conquered Mesopotamia and Iran... What ended up happening is a muslim soldier came by while trying to find a shelter, saw an iranian horse, decided to cut its stirups to make it harder for its owner to climb upon it (iranian horsemen where in full mail armor so it was indeed difficult to without them or a servant), unfortunately for the iranians, their general was sleeping under it and got killed because his equipment fell on his head (he had tied it to his saddle while sleeping)... And this general happened to be the head of one of the two major factions of iranian nobles, the other one being completely incompetent... Thus the empire started to collapse... Iran actually experienced that twice since Alexander nearly died multiple times at Granicus, Krateros saved him several times I think. I believe many countries histories have such pivotal moments that often rest on quite dumb factors...

[@kafon6368]

@@azarshadakumuktir4551 The curse of having too much importance placed on one man's shoulders...

[@hjelsethak]

Dude, the history of all this is what makes all of this so cool. Don't think we don't like hearing about it, cuz some of do. ;)

[@givemeawand]

I have a theory for why Byzantium fell. I have observed that when the only province of a duke is taken, his duchy falls apart. It may be the same with larger titles. If the Byzantine Emperor only holds one county and that county is taken, but not his empire title, the empire will simply dissolve.

[@CaptSlapster]

What's hard is playing Romulus Augustus in fall of the eagles. He starts in naples as a barony? The last true emperor before being deposed to naples. Couldn't get far holding onto roman culture and christianity before being steamed over.

[@aeryka]

I love the history commentary, please do keep making them!

[@jamesmcpherson8599]

Seeing Laithe ruin his by changing his education like 5 days before the character grew up absolutely ruined me 😭 He could've been so powerful!

[@Tyrgalon]

Im really baffled by how he tought that would be a good idea...

[@azarshadakumuktir4551]

@@Tyrgalon Literally your parent telling you to be a lawyer instead of a doctor like they said previously because last night they had dinner with aunt Jane and uncle Ted who blabered about taxes and actually needing to talk to poor people to earn money... Except this is the medieval world and the aunt is called Janette and the uncle Theodorus and the issue isn't paying taxes but collecting them... Which means you also need to talk to the poor.

[@mrchicken7266]

There is one achievement which is pretty fun. It’s the one where you must own all islands in the atlantic and Mediterranean whilst being under a certain realm size. Start as haestain and it’s a fun one

[@k3vst4r]

I started watching your Channel for the game play and I just want to say the historical lessons or as u like to call them “rants” are possibly the best thing about these videos 😅😅 really gets you involved even if you’re not into history! Thank you and keep up the work bro!

[@Kozkayn]

For some reason the Byzantine Empire fell in my game just a few days ago too. I was playing as the Seljuks and when I declared war on Byzantium for the third time, during a Byzantine civil war, and then while I was attacking the civil war ended and the guy who was in charge when I attacked a second time came back to power and then another civil war broke off and they just fell, all before I was able to win the war.

[@oberlurch-handimations8628]

Tbh I love it when you pair your gameplay with history. It kind of sets you positively apart from other creators.

[@JurasJankauskas]

Great video. I think as a challenge you should try and form Grand Duchy of Lithuania at it's biggest borders. You could try doing it historical, or try and form it while staying pagan and staying lithuanian.

[@ken-he3lf]

For all my CK3 game plays I can say with full confidence I have never seen the Byzantines collapse at all not once, I swear the most funniest things only happened to you

[@jasonwhite6159]

A fun mess around playthrough I do is create a godking with all the green perks with any culture/religion combo that allows concubines or secondary spouses with unrestricted diplomacy; from there I get one of each of the traits dwarf, giant, and albino with a fourth random trait. From there I see which familial line creates the greatest rulers of my dynasty. I'm currently creating what is essentially gaelic Targaryens out of Alba with my giant North Umbrians relatives as my backup in any war.

[@granddukethedan7029]

Awesome video, awesome Emperor. Would be fun watching you restore the Karling Borders, the Roman Empire and Mend the Schism with this character!

[@fredrikkirderf2907]

its a surprisingly common occurance in this game that your kids aren't having kids and you have to give their spouse a helping hand

[@m.adenan3730]

I love how in this timeline William failed cuz he fought Godwin first and then Hardrada wins cuz he fought him second, which was reverse of how history went but it still ended with Godwin losing......

[@space__idklmao]

The Karling family has found its new empire

[@brookb5890]

This ended on such a wholesome note. Could you post the save file or continue the playthrough? I'd love to see what the son gets up to when it finally comes time for him to take the throne.

[@-___-g]

I started in the 800s and within 100 years England was completely taken over by the Vikings and the Byzantine empire disappeared. I have over 500 hours and never seen that happen before. I was just minding my business in Sardinia 😂

[@henryasselin123]

The simp video was comedy gold, you gotta cultivate that vibe more

[@groundhelper3]

I need a history lesson in every one of these videos. xD

[@puudus]

I love the history talks in these videos

[@permetras5460]

The most happiest moment in ck3 is when you see your kids have diligent trait. and sadistic maybe

[@jpanda79]

Tyranny is so awful. Like someone can love you, you grant them a Provence. And then they get hit with the ridiculous amount of tyrany and hate you

[@sebe2255]

Yeah I mean realistically you’d have some supporters while your interests allign no matter what you do, but I fear that is too complex for paradox to program. Fluid feudal alliances and support is hard for actual people to process lol

[@runnerduck4844]

And the imperial records will always remember Duke MISTAKE of Aquitaine. Honestly, his history sounds fascinating

[@jimmyselsmark7346]

Most of your viewers may not appreciate a little historical intro, me, I approve :D

[@Navytatu1]

at this point just make a history channel might be small and tedious but for those that enjoy Prof Laith worth it

[@SilvrCoconut]

Laith you should start using 'appoint local noble' for random inconsequential county titles. I believe it gives u prestige and summons a character for free so you arent losing potential courtiers (only really for kings as u can lose the counts under dukes)

[@saltantanarampa7137]

I'd love to hear you talk more about the history!

[@cba2make1up]

I would love if you continue this and get the rest of the achievements

[@arduousbow2152]

Not me feeling like a fiend waiting for my daily Laith video only to consume it within 30-50 minutes

[@marcobisi7768]

This video gave me an idea for my next campaign, I'm gonna start as the king of France, become an HRE vassal, focus on intrigue to fabricate hooks on most electors and get myself elected emperor of the HRE, I'll try to see how quickly I can do it.

[@maximussmith9814]

My beard tingles

[@benjamin5370]

You really should make another part where you complete all the decisions

[@mattbrennan2311]

Tried this myself once but got distracted when we won the crusade and swapped characters. When I checked back on France 300 years later the Karling AI had managed to become kings of France 😂

[@marcus4046]

Laith maybe the fallen eagle mod will add a mechanic where during the 500s the mayor of the palace position will become a major thing in Frankish lands.

[@aedwardsss]

The AI during every play through revives the Karling Dynasty. When I was a Scottish King, I created my own Dynasty, and the Karlings hybridized it into their own, and I ended up sharing the British Isles with them. In my most recent playthrough they took the kingdom of France I hate the Karlings, I’m glad they’re extinct and I really don’t feel like reviving them is that big of a deal. EVERY time. I SWEAR

[@HomelessNoob34]

sometimes how ck3 works it's truly a marvel, I was trying to form Viking Isle, player died few hundred prestige from living legend, got a mediocre middle aged player character with an absolute chad of heir, tried to kill him off with stress since he was content, ended up outliving the child became viking king, kin slayer, murderer, lunatic, full set of bad stress trait and even managing to reform religion...

[@johnfairweather7012]

I had managed to get a karling as a courtier, married her off to a son, then 35 years later I was able to place a karling-Bristol on the Valencian throne via crusade

[@Mr_OogaBooga]

Laith seriously said "He a child, You hate kids, Yeah you do" damn 💀

[@jacobbentley5745]

Beautifully done 👌

[@epiccrusadr8583]

Its called the carolingian dynasty lmao

[@Riftrender]

My greatest challenge was as Aquitaine babysitting the Capets to make sure France stayed together...and we exploded anyway.

[@OoBlueThunderoO]

Idea for a run in EU4. So --> Pirate Republic --> Pirate Japan. Its a load of fun raiding everyone

[@МаксимГуринов-о3м]

I've tried this. Herbert was jailed and executed by king. Eudes died for some reason, most likely in battle, i played this campaign before The Royal Court so don't remember details. So Eudes' younger brother became count. He was a good general and conquered the Duchy of Burgundy and then was assassinated. Herbert's grandson then finally took away the french crown from his liege and he was the first character in this campaign, who died of old age. Unfortunately, i didn't conquer all required territories because got bored while grinding through german part of HRE.

[@fugas2.0]

12:18 - haha good one :D

[@barretoxiaroleplay2099]

Aight so I know this probably won’t get slammed up to the top and is ludicrous anyway, but it’s only 6hrs since Post so it *might* end up being done, and for that I’ll laugh. So my idea, ballsy as it is, is as such: Restore the Roman Empire, but as a member of Hæsteinn Hæsteinning’s dynasty from the 867 start. I can confirm it is possible, the origin of my idea for this challenge came from one of my early playthroughs of the game with all dlcs. Is it difficult? Y e s I did not succeed the first time as I got piled on by a liberty war, title destruction war and war from the Byzantines all simultaneously, but I did come close by way of forming an intermediary empire title to secure the land without needing to kill my kids (spoiler I didn’t do it at any point so I had about ~300 members of the dynasty and 18 houses by 1100) Is it fun? Also y e s Let me explain my playthrough: Started up Did a Varangian Adventure against the Pope, won by merit of the huge amount of special troops Hæsteinn gets Got almost killed by the entirety of Europe noticing the Eternal City wasn’t controlled by a Catholic, converted to Catholicism before that Holy War of like 10:1 game ended me Formed a hybrid Norse-Italian culture (called it Italiensk, call my use of Google Translate creative if you will), over the next 300+ years would come to be about ~40% of the italian peninsula Kept needing to do claim wars against my siblings because I hadn’t killed the half a dozen brothers each kid had by merit of fertility rates Went on 5 holy wars (Africa: failed, Jerusalem: failed, England: succeeded, got a family member on the throne of the 2nd most powerful resultant title, they eventually became King of England and their house was still in power 200 odd years later, Jerusalem 2: failed, Jerusalem 3: failed (Jer2 & Jer3 both each had multiple times more soldiers fielded on each individual side than the entirety of the 3rd Crusade did on both sides)) Accidentally vassalised a state in Iberia, proceeded to fight the entire Arab world in the west on half a dozen separate occasions as they wished to take my 3 counties there (they never succeeded) And a few other things that I’d like to say I’m not gonna talk about for brevity but frankly this is not brief in the slightest I give my thanks to KZbin that I can type this incessantly about random Ck3 stuff (take notes Discord), and hope that maybe, just maybe, Laith sees this at some point, even if he does nothing on it. Aight bye ✌️

[@IronWolf123]

If you change your Empire's laws from the De jure Empire tab, you can remove the elective monarchy so you don't lose your title upon ruler death

[@carltonleboss]

In the case of the HRE, removing princely elective succession costs 10000 prestige.

[@carltonleboss]

In the case of the HRE, removing princely elective succession costs 10000 prestige.

[@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595]

I love how, while the Holy Roman Empire casually picks up the pieces of a fractured Byzantium, the *Armenians* are the closest to reuniting the Empire

[@hobojesus6288]

i do enjoy the history Laith, for as much as that counts.

[@VivaChandles]

been waiting for this video!

[@watermilon7758]

I’d love to see this continued

[@gifs_for_the_peasantry]

Yes more history facts. I need more. MORE

[@Bern_il_Cinq]

I have LOL’d several times and I’m not even halfway in.

[@s.2652]

I'm also doing this playthrough right now! It's not easy but it is fun

[@Joshieboy75]

Do a part 2 where you restore the Roman Empire

[@externalbias8982]

I like when you tie in history with gameplay

[@givemeawand]

I will to join with burgerking2783 in asking for a eu4 colonial Novgorod game, and ask that you at least make 1 colonial nation before forming Russia.

[@argg7185]

#StandWithBurgerKing

[@liamtan865]

YES JOIN US! Rally more to the cause!

[@harrisoncross1038]

There’s a decision to restore carolingian borders if you’re the emperor of Frankia in the 1066 start date, but you can’t be the holy Roman emperor i don’t think

[@TorreTerra]

Please consider doing a mega campaign, i believe you would make it very entertaining

[@chakstandsup]

I think after "The Fate of Iberia" the Duke of Nuno is pretty darn hard.

[@tiamodewachter8321]

I liked the history lessons alot actually!

[@DocFranklinStone]

Listen, I'm here for the rants more than the gameplay

[@mohamedjear8917]

"spineless atheist" I am dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tylerlloyd-hillman5584]

I was shocked at how easy it was to retake the Kingdom of France, then I reformed Francia and after a decade or two the HRE

[@tylerlloyd-hillman5584]

I got Italy and Hispania aswell in the game

[@unciuncia420]

Either 769 Zoroastrian Bactria, or Basque Era Zaharrak. Can't remember if you've done either of those though

[@FunkyMonkeyI]

Bring back the Egyptian Empire as a pharaoh and restore the old gods.

[@Iustusxi]

"HES BISEXUAL! GIMME A CLAIM QUICK." - Laith

[@bodo-bing]

Every time Laith looks east I just keep getting distracted by how big Armenia is!

[@burgerking2783]

Day 32 of demanding an eu4 colonial Novgorod game (no forming russia)

[@umbra9472]

Also known as day 32 without touching grass. Just joking but nice dedication.

[@burgerking2783]

@@umbra9472 trust me, its been much longer than 32 days without grass

[@petrogradadministration2310]

Hell moment.

[@argg7185]

#StandWithBurgerKing

[@liamtan865]

More and more flock to our cause every video.

[@beep1859]

Could you play as a descendant of the prophet in Islam and try to unite all the Muslims under one banner and then expand into Europe and demolish the papacy? It seems like a good challenge of your ck3 skill if you pulled it off. Plus it could become a multi video campaign

[@chaostourist2951]

well, your jokes don't include 150 zoomer clips edited in every 12 seconds so I'm sold

[@dr0g_Oakblood]

14:50 - yeah that's a mood, and why I always prefer playing men over women. If you play men, you can help along the process of your son's (and grandson's if need be) wives getting with a good heir even into old age. Your sons and/or grandsons might hate you for making them raise their half brother/uncle as a son, but maybe they just should have slept with their wives if they didn't want their wives to cheat on them with their ancestor.

[@privatecookie29]

Next you should try restoring Alexanders empire as zunist

[@Vormav777]

I see that the HRE is broken in CK3 as well as in 2. Nice. I never start these games in the years after the formation of the HRE because they just conquer everything and are unstoppable.

[@sovietball3896]

Me personally I love all the history stuff

[@SigmundOrthodoxy]

i shed blood of saxon man

[@ward581]

Please continue this and restore the roman empire!

[@vexuria]

TFW this game has became too easy for him that he went from a count to restoring carolingian borders in just a short while

[@KingJupiter]

Oh please continue this save

[@crusher1080]

So much trouble could've been avoided if he had just made the kingdom of Brittany.

[@Shadowking-jtm]

Do the count Aargau Habsburg into archduke of Austria into 1900 borders of austro-hungary

[@Stevonicus]

The collapse of Byzantium led to a giant Armenia/Hayastan, which is fun to see.

[@icaricc]

Sawdanid conquest of Italy when

[@sahilhossian8212]

Lore of I REVIVED the KARLING DYNASTY Momentum 100

[@MrMysticeti]

Could you try forming the Shia caliphate as the hashimids?

[@tilly9805]

Please continue this laither

[@sagaaa-a]

why was leith not talking about that freaking massive hayastan?

[@fuadlabib703]

The second ruler was definitely Jesus

[@aaee2815]

bro what is this game 9:18 😂😂😂

[@TheDirtyShaman]

There is a decision available to islamic rulers, to "Avenge the Battle of Tours". Count Karl was the commander who defeated the Umayyad Caliphate at that battle.

[@vitordvenus]

10:36 😂😂😂😂